Improvement in mounting pictures



J. W. JUNKER. Mounting Pictures.

Amvfemed Dec. 11, 18757 VVVTNEEEEE.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN `W. JUNKER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

l IMPROVEMENT INMOUNTING PICTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,936, dated December 11,1877; application filed September 29, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN W. JUNICER, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in picture-frames; and it consists in afixing frames for portraits or pictures, and especially photographs, upon the glass panels of doors, boole'cases, or other glass surfaces, as Will be more fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawingrepresents my invention.

a represents a door, provided with the glass panel o. Stuck to this panel, by'means of any suitable cement, is a suitably-shaped frame, d, through Which the picture is to show. Secured tothe inner side of the panel,immediatelyun der the frame d, is another similarly-shaped frame, e, which is alsoheld in place by means of cement. In the inner edges of the frame e is formed a shoulder, in which is placed the photograph or other picture l, and over the back of this pict'ure is placed a sheet of rubp parts above described can be taken away Without any injury or disguration of the glass.

Having thus described my invention, l claimp l The combination of the door a, having a glass panel, o, frames d e, secured to each side of the glass, picture to iit in the frame e, and backing to hcldpicture in position, substantially as shown.

Inptestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of September, 1877.

JOHN W. J UNKER.

Witnesses:

T. F. LEHMANN, SAML. DrEscHER. 

